Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: August 16, 1985

Songwriter: Cliff Martinez Jack Sherman Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: George Clinton

[Verse 1]
Deep inside the soul hole
Of a-Mother Earth
Father Time came
With a supersonic, supersonic burst
His soul monkey sperm tribes
Racing to be first
Her ruby fruit jungle
Givin' bush baby, bush baby birth
The baby was a boy
But I think what stunned her
Is that this bare-breasted baby
Was a baby boy, boy, boy, boy wonder
Crackin' from his thumb bone
Came thelonious thunder, yeah
Fill the sky with hellfire
From way down, down, down under

[Chorus 1]
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I get all the bush I can
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I get all the bush I can

[Verse 2]
Erupting from the ground
In Hollywood, he glowed
His jungle turned to concrete
His funk bone, bone, bone, bone to stone
Like a full-blown volcano
I must let it be known
That through this boy's vein
Atomic lava blood flows and flows
His soul-shocking sounds
They make the mountains moan
This boy's become a man
It's time to take, take, take
Take the throne

[Chorus 2]
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I get all the bush I can
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I get all the bush I…

[Chorus 2]
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I get all the bush I can
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I get all the bush I…

[Outro]
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man
I'm a jungle man

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a rock band based in Los Angeles, CA that incorporates elements of rap, funk, punk, and rock into their work, mainly classified as an alternative rock band. They made it mainstream off the success of their 1991’s fifth studio album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, led by singles “Give it Away” and “Under the Bridge.” After losing guitarist John Frusciante and losing popularity following the release of the less successful One Hot Minute, the band reunited for 1999’s Californication. The title track and hit singles “Around the World,” “Scar Tissue” and “Otherside” propelled them back to the fame. After 2002’s solid release By the Way and 2006’s double-disc Stadium Arcadium, Frusciante once again left the band to further pursue his solo career. The band added Josh Klinghoffer to help fill his void, and released I’m With You in 2011.

In December 2019, the band announced via Instagram that Klinghoffer had left after 10 years, and Frusciante would be rejoining.

Their lyrical content was mostly centered around sex, drugs, and the Los Angeles lifestyle, and lead singer Anthony Kiedis mostly rapped them as he wasn’t confident as vocalist. Most members of the band also suffered from drug addiction, as Kiedis and Frusciante had to check themselves into rehab for heroin addiction at various points in their lives. But Californication marked a change in the band’s content matter and lifestyle. The band was sober for the most part, and the lyrics had shifted to songs about love and the pains of addiction, the title even criticized the city they loved so much. In addition, Kiedis had started to sing his lyrics much more often as he finally felt comfortable with his voice. That change has allowed the band to stick around for over 20 years despite multiple changes to their lineup and is part of why they remain relevant.

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